Michael Tarselli
About
Michael Tarselli '03, BA Chemistry is Specialist Leader - Healthcare & Life Sciences Data + AI at Amazon Web Services. Previously, Mike served as Chief Scientific Officer for TetraScience and as the Scientific Director for SLAS. Tarselli has held scientific and managerial roles at multiple biopharma companies — Novartis, Millennium, ARIAD, Biomedisyn, and PharmAgra.
Mike's scientific interests include AI futurism, sustainability, natural products, and synthetic biology.
Mike’s volunteer service promotes scientific education and equality. Roles include two terms as a UMass Amherst Alumni Association Director, two terms on the Pistoia Alliance Board, environmental service for the City of Framingham, a captain for the Cambridge Science Festival, an evaluator for National Science Foundation awards, a Wikipedia Fellow, and a judge at multiple science fairs.
Tarselli received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, completed a postdoc at Scripps Research, and completed his Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business & Technology. He currently lives in Framingham with his lovely wife and spirited daughter.